Backyard by James Mason (original) (raw)

'93	James Mason

Backyard

Mahalo, Vitez, Bosnia

Vitez was a pocket within a pocket. The Muslims were surrounded by Croats, and the Croats were in turn surrounded by the Bosnia Army. This man was a fighter in the Mahalo neighborhood. I ran into him in a back yard and he stopped to talk. War has made him look crazy. You can't get this look any other way, and it can be very difficult to get rid of. (In jan. '07 I was contacted by a Bosnian soldier from Vitez who said this guy survived the war and is doing fine)

EOS 1,20-35 2.8L

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